This weeks Podcast comes from Digital Society resident Harry Fowler which was Recorded LIVE at the Digital Society 5th Anniversary event on friday 27th January 2012 @ O2 Academy Leeds UK.

File Size – 100.7 MB
Length – 01:00:02

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Med vs Neil Bamford

This is the last ever set from DS residents Med vs Neil Bamford which was Recorded LIVE at the Digital Society 5th Anniversary event on friday 27th January 2012 @ O2 Academy Leeds UK. The duo have played at many Digital Society events in the past 2 & half years and part company in style with this epic live set.

File Size – 100.4 MB
Length – 01:00:54

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Ferry Tayle Website Manuel Le Saux Website

This is an Exclusive Back to Back set from French wizard FERRY TAYLE & Italian Trance master MANUEL LE SAUX. Recorded LIVE at the Digital Society 5th Anniversary event on friday 27th January 2012 @ O2 Academy Leeds UK.

Digital Society Leeds celebrated five years at the forefront of the UK Trance scene with the biggest event in DS history!

Over 12000 clubbers have visited Digital Society events @ O2 Academy Leeds as the UK truely embraced the awe-inspiring production events and this was no exception being one of the largest lineups in the UK Trance scene, a complete SELL OUT before the doors opened and this epic set from the two DS favourites showcases the best in uplifting Trance.

File Size – 118.5 MB
Length – 01:05:25

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Rank1 Website

They’re one of Europe’s most established, respected dance acts, having been catapulted to stardom by their debut release ‘Airwave’. In the 9 years that have followed they’ve continued to pack out the CD wallets of world’s A-list spinners with speaker-spankers that have included ‘Such is Life’, ‘Symfo’ and ‘Life Less Ordinary’… In 2009 they unleashed ‘L.E.D. There Be Light’ – a track that was quickly snapped up by ID&T as the anthem for that year’s Trance Energy event. As DJs they create floor-quakes before thousands of fans, at clubs, arenas and festivals every single weekend. They are Piet Bervoets & Benno de Goeji… and they’re Rank 1.

Embarking on his production career in 1995, Piet banded together with Carlo Resoort to produce the proto tech-trance hit ‘The Simarillia’. He continued to build the pressure in 1997 under the pseudonym R.O.O.S., creating the contagious riff-monster ‘Instant Moments’. In a studio not that far away, Benno was laying the ground work for his future A-list co-production collaborations with an at-the-time unknown Tiësto. As Kamaya Painters they produced the scene-setting trance classic ‘Endless Wave’, but fate was already conspiring to bring Benno and Piet together…
After a chance introduction at a party in the spring of 1997, the pair recognised much common musical ground and decided to work together. As the Dutch trance dawn rose up over Europe, the pair found themselves faultlessly positioned at its epicentre to reign. Championed by fellow fast-risers Armin van Buuren, Tiësto and Ferry Corsten, in 1999 the stadium-sized sound of ‘Airwave’ sent out an audio shockwave across the continent. It proved to be such a hit that just 12 months later ‘Airwave’ had been released, incredibly, in over 40 countries – jumping into the Top 10 in the UK and becoming the first Dutch track to top the European Dance Chart.

Over recent years, Rank 1 has increasingly come together on stage for their Live performances. They became the first live act to perform at Sensation and famously forced the closure of doors of Trance Energy’s main arena (when 25,000 clubbers packed it out to hear them play). Their kinship with the biggest event in trance music is widely-known and they are the only act to have rocked Trance Energy 3 times! Outside of that Rank 1 has continued to thrill crowds live at some Europe’s best- known festivals including Mystery Land, Sunrise & Nature One.

File Size – 102.4 MB
Length – 01:00:53

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Leon Bolier Website

A major force in second dawn of The Netherlands’ dance music, Leon Bolier is one of the most creative studio minds at work in the country today. Through his now widely-known ‘trance with a twist’ auditory ethos, he determinedly broke the mould of pre-millennium euphoric trance – rebuilding it with a never-heard-before sound-set. Taking the natural next-step, Bolier has long since brought the music from the studio to the people. Behind a pair of CDJs, he is a force of nature, delivering one sound-quaking performance after another. Playing hundreds of nights, and in front of hundreds of thousands of clubbers, this mission culminated in Leon debuting on DJ Magazine’s Top 100 chart in the autumn of 2008.

With a production ethic that left the industry drop-jawed and clubland reeling, Leon launched his standalone career in 2005. Over the course of the next 12 months he released a head-spinning (and possibly even record–breaking) 17 tracks. These were snapped up by many of Holland’s finest imprints with ‘Poseidon’, ‘My Precious’, ‘Bonaire’ and a multitude others being released on labels including ASOT & Captured. In the first month of 2006 Leon embarked on a label relationship that is now singularly synonymous with his career. ‘Pulsar’ and ‘Solar 1’ were released through the Spinnin Records’ sub-label 2Play, and over the course of the next 3 years Bolier was to put out an extraordinary 20 tracks through the label.

With this impossible-to-miss salvo of productions flowing out of Spinnin’s door, it was no surprise that demand to see Leon behind the turntables mushroomed at much the same pace. Bolier’s innate ability to read the dancefloor and deliver damage-to-order has now become the stuff of legend. Trance Energy, Fabulous and the Amsterdam Dance Events in his homeland all got an early taste for his powerful musical elixir. With word spreading around the globe, Leon fast found himself, headphones-in-hand, rocking countries as far apart as Argentina, Singapore, Mexico, Australia, UK, Egypt and Russia. Gatecrasher, Digital Society, Trance Energy Australia, ID&T’s Tomorrowland, Love Parade Germany, Mondaybar Cruise Sweden and Global Gathering Poland are just some of the instantly recognisable dance institutions he’s now played for.

File Size – 114 MB
Length – 01:03:42

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Solarstone Website

Solarstone behind a pair of CDJs is something that every EDM lover, planet-wide, should witness at least once in their clubbing careers! Rich brings together a clear and abiding love of melody with an intrinsic, perceptive aptitude for floor-shaking performances. Since learning to spin in the late Nineties, he’s played for the majority of the super-club brands (inc. Cream, Ministry of Sound, Digital Society, Slinky, Gatecrasher & Full-On-Ferry) and spun alongside the worlds best-known DJs many times over. Unlike many other spinners he also maintains a huge home-country following, playing almost as much to UK audiences as to ones abroad. Rich’s worldwide travels have also taken him to some of the biggest events and festivals across the globe, and also some of the most remote. Over the years these have included islands in the Philippines, bush parties in Australia and massive festivals in the heart of Brazil.

For over a decade Solarstone (Rich Mowatt) has been creating dance-floor traffic jams with a convoy of revered club classics, all-out anthems & critically-acclaimed albums. Releases from Solarstone’s label projects Solaris, solarSwarm & Molecule are instrumental components of his highly individualistic sets and are constantly supported by the trance & prog spinning elite. Solaris International, his weekly show enjoys a dedicated fan-base and is broadcast across +80 FM & Internet stations.

File Size – 102 MB
Length – 01:00:49

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Tritonal Website

If success were measured musically, Tritonal would be on the highway to achieving the great American dream. At any given moment, their music is fueling a sing-along through a spin on the stereo airwaves or tearing up a dance floor at a packed club or festival. They have crossed musical and geographical boundaries and amazed us with their production luminaries and captivating live shows. But take of all that apart, and these talented guys just really want to inspire and to be inspired, blessed with the ability and means to do so.

It is this very reason why Dave Reed and Chad Cisneros, two extremely humble individuals from Austin, Texas, combined forces by chance in 2007 to venture into the dance realm. As they would say it, they “complete each other’s musical sentences.” In that process, Tritonal came to life. Within the short span of the last 2 years, they have charged into the arena and have fast-tracked into chalking up more accolades and accomplishments than some producers or DJs ever will in a lifetime. Despite a very crowded and almost overpopulated trance scene, inhabitants of Planet Dance have generously embraced Tritonal. Amidst the great wave of fresh names flooding the dance arena, they manage to stand out with their ability to evolve and accomplish, and they are the best candidates to put America and trance music on the map.

File Size – 102.9 MB
Length – 01:00:54

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John 00 Fleming Website

John 00 Fleming is an artist who has achieved international success in a career spanning over 20 years without dishonouring his musical essence or fans. With over 10 million album sales and 30 produced mix compilations, John’s a proven musical pioneer whose essence lies in what his fans call, ‘the J00F sound’. The J00F sound is as unpretentious as the artist, and is best described as deep and textured progressively edged trance, in an electronic dance music style that is an antithesis to what is normally produced within the genre.

In an industry rife in self worship and mirror gazing, John is characterised by a passion and ability to connect audiences by injecting his unique underground musical style, and not his ego, into the mainstream vein. This connection has manifested in ten mix compilations and five singles in the UK Top 40 charts on iconic labels: Virgin, EMI and Warner Music. It has also seen him headline major events worldwide, seeing in over 4000 appearances at the likes of Gatecrasher, Godskitchen, Ministry of Sound, Digital Society and Global Gathering, through to Holland’s Dance Valley, Serbia’s Exit Festival, Brazil’s Exxxperience, Australia’s Future music festivals, Belgium’s Tomorrowland, and the U.S.A’s Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC).

John 00 Fleming is a performer who adroitly crafts something musically organic from the inorganic, artfully opening your senses into a genre far more pervasive than you currently know. Challenge yourself, and get intelligently immersed, inside his adventurous odysseys.

File Size – 108.4 MB
Length – 01:01:49

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Andy Moor Website

Grammy-award nominated Andy Moor is a groundbreaking DJ and Producer in the electronic dance music scene. In his illustrious career, Andy has established a distinct, edgy and creative sound that is all his own. This sound, combined with his technical perfection led him to be highly ranked in the DJ Mag Top 100 for the past 6 years. In 2009 he was nominated for the DJ Awards, in 2006 he won “Best Dance Record” at the International Dance Music Awards, and in 2004 he won “Best Trance Producer” and “Best Trance Track”. Owner of the highly respected AVA Recordings record label, producer of the ‘Moor Music podcast’ and producer & remixer to the star’s, it all started from humble beginnings.

Andy Moor started exploring the potential of his talent early in life – at the tender age of 5, he could already play his first piano piece flawlessly. By age 11 his musical ability furthered to include 6 more instruments. Two years later he spun his first record and by 21 he was playing stages and concerts to thousands. Now, at the 31-year mark, Moor is considered one of the most influential figures in today’s electronic music industry.

Despite his rise to prominence in the scene, Andy has remained incredibly grounded, communicating frequently and affably with his fan base through various social networking channels. In the studio Moor has been at the forefront of the rapidly evolving music scene, constantly pioneering new sounds and techniques rather than relying on a tried and tested production formula. When he’s not in the studio or on tour, Andy stays busy running his own record label AVA Recordings, which has remained one of Armada Music’s strongest outlets, consistently releasing the finest in progressive and trance from a talented roster of new and veteran producers including: Ashley Wallbridge, Tydi, David Forbes and Tritonal.

File Size – 101.5 MB
Length – 01:00:57

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Activa Website

Since 2004, Rob ‘Activa’ Stevenson has forged a career as one of the hardest working producers in the trance genre, with a number of alias’ and styles, releasing on the biggest labels in the world including Paul van Dyk’s mighty Vandit Records, Black Hole, Armada and Anjunabeats, before finding a home at UK independent, Discover Records where he released the critically acclaimed album, This World in 2009 and its follow up, To The Point in 2011.
A continuous string of high profile releases has seen constant support from the trance DJ elite, in their live sets as well as worldwide radio shows, podcasts and Essential Mixes; A State of Trance, Gareth Emery Podcast and VONYC Sessions to name but a few.

As a DJ, Activa has performed the length and breadth of the UK and at the biggest trance events in the world. The likes of Tomorrowland in Belgium, Paul van Dyk’s Birthday for Vandit in Berlin, Flight in South Africa, Home in Sydney, Circus in LA and Intuition in Holland as well as Godskitchen, Gatecrasher and Digital Society have all seen Activa behind the decks to provide his unique blend of energetic, uplifting trance music.
If a successful DJ and production career wasn’t enough, Activa also owns and runs Borderline Music, a label started in 2010 to showcase a more unique and higher quality style of trance music, bringing back the likes of JK Walker and Marcos and pushing the careers of new talent in the form of Sonic Element and Impulsive Drive.

This success as a label owner and the close relationship between Activa and his home label, Discover, meant that he jumped at the chance to work as head of A&R, filling the very large shoes of John Askew, taking over the reigns at Discover in February 2011.

File Size – 145.8 MB
Length – 01:29:11

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Ashley Wallbridge Website

Ashley Wallbridge is undoubtedly one of the most prolific prospects on the progressive production scene, named by industry leaders such as Andy Moor and Gareth Emery as one of the hottest break-through DJ talents in the game. At just 22 years of age, his discography reads like the ‘who’s who’ list of EDM with releases of originals and remixes featuring names like Armin Van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Markus Schulz. There isn’t a global syndicated dance radio show denying regular homage to Ashley’s unique sound of progressive elements with his titles found on playlists, compilations and DJ sets. The future is bright for this rising star and he is just getting started…

Ashley Wallbridge resides in the Midlands of England in Stoke of Trent. DJ-ing as an early teenager Ashley’s focus has always been firmly set on production, tinkering with digital software after school hours, honing his skills for the future. The result; a unique sound that rivals the best progressive producers in the game, a thought A-list artists and labels share. As it all started to come together in the studio, Ashley was offered his first record deal which would produce a series of single releases.

Ashley’s production is also appreciated as a remixing artist. With personal requests from artists like Ferry Corsten, Markus Schulz and Moonbeam, he has delivered remix releases for Armada, Black Hole, High Contrast & Flashover Recordings. Now boasting of over 50 titles including originals and remixes, Ashley Wallbridge is enjoying the fruits of his labor with a hectic worldwide touring schedule. From London to Los Angeles, Argentina to Australia, Ashley is an in demand DJ headlining at events such as A State of Trance, Digital Society, Creamfields & Global Soundsystem, touring countries like Russia, India and China.

File Size – 109 MB
Length – 01:04:53

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Manuel Le Saux Website

Manuel Le Saux was born as a DJ in 1989. He started his career playing as a resident DJ in one of the biggest clubs in Rome, then he started getting guest appearances in a lot of clubs in Italy. With the start of the new century he started being a producer.
Now he produces for the famous labels Recoverwold, Discover, Flux Delux and Bonzai, and has made remixes for Armada’s labels A State Of Trance and Magic Island.

His productions got support from the biggest DJ’s in the world like Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren , Ferry Corsten , Paul Van Dyk and many more and his productions were featured in a lot of compilations like A State Of Trance, Dave Pearce’s Trance Anthems, Live As and many more. In 2003 he started a radio show called ” Top Twenty Tunes ” this show is broadcast on the biggest internet radios and on a lot of FM radio stations all around the world. In 2007 he started another radio show called “Extrema” which is exclusively broadcast on Afterhours.FM.

In the meantime his name was growing in the scene and he started playing around the world at big parties like Digital Society (UK), Gatecrasher (UK), Tomorrowland ( Belgium), Entrance (Poland) , Luminosity (Holland), Technoclub (Germany) and many more. He has played in many counties like Australia, Belgium, Germany, Norway, Sweden, UK , Ireland, Poland, Czech Republic, Spain, Turkey, Finland, Switzerland, Slovenia and in Mexico and the USA.

File Size – 95.8 MB
Length – 00:59:48

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Neal Scarborough Website

Positioned right at the peak of trance’s nu-blood curve, meet Neal Scarborough – Ireland’s freshest electronic dance music property. Over the last five years he has supplied the world’s biggest DJ’s with an unstinting volley of floor-inflaming productions, built with his matchless uplifting studio-style. He has recorded & remixed for many UK & international labels and is now most quickly associated with his releases on Subculture and Fraction Records. Behind the decks he displays equal understanding for what makes a floor rock. This has been born out in a series of gigs that have seen him smash close-to-home club nights like Letrik, festivals like Planet Love and latterly make his DJ debuts in Germany and the States.

Neal is as an accomplished decktition as he is studio master and is an evermore prevalent DJ fixture at events in both his home country and abroad. Fellow spinner Sean Tyas says: “musically, Neal and I see eye to eye on almost everything” and “I always look forward to any gig where I’ll be playing alongside him, because I know it’s going to be a really good night of tunes!” Scarborough has whipped crowds up into frenzies at the renowned Vaccine in London & Digital Society in Leeds, as well as Ireland’s Planet Love festival (in both 2008 and 2009) & EscapeFest.

Through the Creation show, Neal’s sound also benefits from an extremely well established radio platform. Broadcast on RTE Pulse – Ireland’s national dance station – it has rapidly grown in reach and listenership over the course of the last two years. It is now syndicated to many FM & internet stations around the planet and is available as a downloadable Podcast through Neal’s website. With the success of Creation, consistent A-List support for his productions and with bookings increasing year on year at an exponential rate, Neal shows all the signs of a DJ for which the future holds near –infinite promise!

File Size – 105.2 MB
Length – 01:01:59

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Sequentia Website

Sequentia is a trance music production duo formed by Daniel Garczyk (Far & Away) from Germany and Mark Hoogkamer (Spiral Motion) from The Netherlands.
The story of Sequentia is one of friendship and a shared love for electronic dance music. Before Daniel (Aachen, Germany, 22 years old) and Mark (Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 23 years old) met they both started producing trance music using FL Studio. After a few years the two solo projects, respectfully Far & Away and Spiral Motion, began to take off. The guys heard each others tunes in DJ sets and started to chat and exchange music files in order to improve their skills.

After much success together the Sequentia project became the guys’ number one priority, resulting in various singles played by all the top jocks around the globe. Sequentia proved to be a much wanted remix act as well, with takes on singles by Lost Witness and Jan Johnston to name a few. They had quite successful moments with “Kaleidoscope”, the release of “Eclipse” on Enhanced Recordings, “Higher State / Sun Worship” (an E.P. on Dark Noize Recordings), the Sequentia Remix of “Forgotten Freedom” by Moonforce & Mark Versluis and let’s not forget their remix of Adam Nickey’s “Never Gone” for their favourite label Anjunabeats. Still, chasing after world fame is not the guys’ intention at all. Sequentia is about making music that touches people, and as long as people keep playing their singles and remixes, it’s all worth it which proves that their passion for producing dreamy uplifting trance music transcends any current fashion.

File Size – 106.6 MB
Length – 01:03:30

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Oliver Brooks Website

Oliver Brooks is a young producer from London who has tracks on Digital Society Recordings & Borderline labels to name a few. His 1st release on DSR was a tough double header. At a young age, Oliver shows he’s adept at slick, tight production with a succession of top draw recent releases.

Oliver Brooks joins this weeks Digital Society Podcast after much support for his 1st release ‘Chances/With you’ from the likes of Gareth Emery and Giuseppe Ottaviani and everyone in between. His follow up ‘Apart’ an absolute stormer of a track with a remix from one of America’s finest Thomas Datt that has already found favour with Armin van Buuren.

A very talented young producer and one to watch for the close future.

Check out Oliver Brooks music here: Digital Society Recordings – Oliver Brooks

File Size – 110.2 MB
Length – 01:04:37

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Angel Ace Website

Angel Ace is one of the most promising rising star in the Spanish Trance scene. His own tracks have been included in many sets of the top Djs around the world (Paul Van Dyk, Armin Van Buuren, Judge Jules, Markus Schulz, Johan Gielen & Dj Precision to name a few.
The first international success was due to his more relevant project, Serenade, whose first single was called Serenade, being performed several times by Paul Van Dyk and Johan Gielen and indeed included in quite a few compilations. Also, he was able to enter and remain for a while in the prestigious Dutch chart (DMC) with a project named Virtua, and with a track called Shine, which was included in important worldwide playlists.
Serenade – Aura was indeed the most serious successor of Serenade, being played even in the best trance radio show “A State Of Trance” by Armin Van Buuren, signed by Ligaya Recordings in Germany, and included as the second one in Andre Visior’s chart. The third single by Serenade, called Nova and signed by Ligaya Recordings reached top 5 position in the Dutch DMC chart.

As remixer, he has remixed one of Andre Visor´s (A.C) track, which remix was included in the prestigious Paul Van Dyk Radio Fritz´s Show, and the quite reputed compilation Trance Nation Mixed By Tilmann Urhmacher. His last remixes have been played by DJ’s like Armin Van Buuren & Judge Jules.
Angel Ace works under different alias like Serenade or Michael Delving, and his last releases continue being played by the best Dj’s around the world and included in the best compilations.

Angel Ace has had 2 Releases so far on Digital Society Recordings. ‘Everythings Gonna be fine’ & ‘St Thomas’ check them out here: Digital Society Recordings – Angel Ace

File Size – 102.2 MB
Length – 01:03:18

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Des McMahon Website

For Des McMahon, 2010 was the year before the year: 9 releases, countless hours in the studio and a full course load at school.
He released on the right labels, received support from the Top 100 and spun alongside the world’s best. After all that you’d think the Philly-native would be somewhat satisfied.
Nope. Focused. Driven. Relentless. The only thing that might satisfy Des is the prospect of not having to find a day job. His mixing, mastering and engineering prowess lend themselves well.

Des lives in the present. He evolves with the times. If there’s one thing that can be said about the music of Des McMahon, it’s that it embodies a gritty elegance. He refers to it simply as… Music with Attitude.

File Size – 96.2 MB
Length – 01:01:05

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Website

Digital Society Residents Rav Takhar & Paul Pearson bring you a special Back to Back set on this weeks Digital Society Podcast ahead of their performance at the Armada Night UK event on friday 7th October!

File Size – 116.9 MB
Length – 01:07:23

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Dan Stone Website

Norfolk-born Dan Stone started rocking the clubs of East Anglia 13 years ago but only began producing his own music in 2005 securing his first signing ‘Made In Bahrain’ with trance super label, Anjunabeats, in 2006.

His uplifting, euphoric sound has attracted support from huge shows such as Above & Beyond’s Trance Around The World and Armin Van Buuren’s A State Of Trance gaining him an ever-growing fanbase across the world.
He has taken his style of big room, floor filling trance to clubs and club nights up and down the UK including Ministry Of Sound, Digital Society, Gatecrasher, Passion and Off The Rails.

He has had consistent support and releases on Anjunabeats and had his tracks remixed by popular producers such as Nitrous Oxide and Signum as well as producing remixes of his own for labels such as Armada, Enhanced, Alter Ego and many more, including his first remix for Anjunabeats of Arty’s ‘Rush’, released this year. His more recent releases ‘Mumbai’, ‘Fahrenheit’ and ‘Crafted’ and features on compilations Anjunabeats Volumes 7 and 8 and Worldwide 02 have catapulted Dan into the trance limelight, with appearances in the Top 10s of all the major trance download stores.

Whether it’s his passion and style behind the decks or his skill and talent in the studio, one thing’s for sure and that is that Dan Stone is one to watch for the future.

File Size – 103 MB
Length – 01:00:52

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Jorn van Deynhoven Website

Jorn van Deynhoven (short.: JvD), half Dutch half German is a trance producer and DJ living in Bloemendaal, The Netherlands. When Jorn van Deynhoven won ATBʼs remix contest for Desperate Religion he knew that this would change his musical career.
Famous artists such as Armin van Buuren, Aly & Fila, Andain, Bobina, Dash Berlin, Gareth Emery, Jan Johnston as well as Glenn Morrison had their productions graded up by Jorn van Deynhoven.
Armin van Buuren honoured JvDʼs creative work in 2008 by stating: “Who says Trance is dead when records like this are still being made”.

In the following months Jorn van Deynhoven produced almost monthly one remix smash-hit after another. RAM’s ʻRAMsterdamʼ or Roger Shah’s ʻBody Lotionʼ are just two highlights among a series of successful remixes. In 2009 Jorn’s composition and remix for RAMsterdam was set for the candidate of “Tune of the year 2009”. With success. RAMsterdam entered Pos. 08 at the A State of Trance ʻTune of the Yearʼ Poll and was there for more than 12 weeks as well as on top of all important worldwide sales shops and part of many popular DJ playlists.

Worldʼs No1. DJ Armin van Buuren even nominated Jornʼs remix of Ramsterdam as biggest tune and mentioned him also as ʻNew Talent of Tranceʼ on his ʻUniversal Religion Chapter 4ʼ CD-Booklet, In the same year Jorn van Deynhoven decided to spend more time on his DJ career starting his own radio show “Spotlight” on Afterhours.fm as well as diverse mixes on shows like: A State of Trance 450, A State of Trance 500, A State Of Sundays (monthly mix), Tiestoʼs ClubLife 096 & Vonyc Sessions.

File Size – 104.9 MB
Length – 01:00:28

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Protoculture Website

Protoculture is one of only a few South African producers to get the combination right and become a truly worldwide sensation. The Cape Town-based dj and producer went from headlining festivals on the local Psytrance scene each season, to living on international rotation and playing to audiences upwards of 150 000 people. His trademark melodic and uplifting sound has been played in all four corners of the globe, with gigs taking him to super clubs and incredible festivals in London, Tokyo, San Paulo, Moscow and everywhere in between. As his rise took momentum and his gigs became more prolific, Protoculture shifted gear with ease; evolving his sound as, more often, he found himself billed alongside iconic dj’s from the world of Trance.

To date he’s played on every major continent, and received much praise for his energetic and emotional live shows, headlining at festivals like
Glastonbury and Ministry of Sound in the UK, Creamfields and XXXperience in Brazil, Earthcore Global Carnival in Australia and Ageha in Japan.”
Protoculture has played alongside artists such as Paul van Dyk, Sasha, John 00 Flemming, Infected Mushroom, Orbital, Juno Reactor, Sander van Doorn and most recently, being the only local artist to play alongside Armin van Buuren on his A State of Trance 500 (ASOT500) Tour to South Africa. Van Buuren is closely following Protoculture’s career, announcing “Everything he touches turns to musical gold” on his A State of Trance Podcast in 2010 and picking Protoculture as a ‘Future Favourite’ on his ASOT Radio show.

Protoculture’s new music direction has seen releases on Armada Records, AnjunaBeats and Rebrand Records, which have been playlisted by Armin van Buuren, Markus Schulz, Above and Beyond, Paul Oakenfold, Ferry Corsten, Paul van Dyk and Gareth Emery. Striving to work outside the borders of regular genres, whilst maintaining his signature uplifting style saw Protoculture earn a SAMA nomination for his remix work on the Goldfish smash hit, “Cruising Through” on Pacha Recordings. His most recent collaborations with Trance producer Max Graham have been receiving incredible support, their remix of the classic track ‘It’s Not Over’ by Grace flew up the charts to the number 1 position on Beatport.

File Size – 106.8 MB
Length – 01:01:12

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Max Graham Website

Max Graham needs no introduction, from his early Trance hits “Airtight” and “I Know You’re Gone” to his 2010 Vocal smashes “Sun in the Winter” and “Nothing Else Matters”
this man clearly knows how to make, and play, records that both get you dancing and touch you emotionally. Along with these hits in 2010 Max also released his first full length artist album “Radio”, collaborated with Markus Schulz and started his own acclaimed radio show entitled “Cycles Radio” on DI.FM. Tied in with the show was the release of his own branded double CD “Cycles Two” a two hour mix of Trance and Progressive mixed by the man himself.

Fast forward to 2011 and you’ll find the release of Max’s next bomb “So Caught Up” with Neev Kennedy. Released on his own label “Re*brand Records” it’s received multiple plays on the biggest radio show’s in the world such as ASOT and TATW as well as being featured on Armin Van Buuren’s cd “A State of Trance 2011”. Along with these moving studio productions Max is more than at home In the Dj Booth. When Max plays he shows an enthusiasm for the crowd he’s performing for with interaction and energy that’s infectious. He plays a signature brand of dance music that, while containing primarily Trance and Progressive, is by no means closed to great music from all genres. His sets have rocked over 65 countries in his illustrious career and show no signs of slowing down

File Size – 109.7 MB
Length – 01:01:38

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Genix Website

The UK based Genix has built up a reputation as one of the freshest dance artists with his cutting edge production and DJ sets that have cemented his name on the biggest line ups around the world, standing shoulder to shoulder with the likes of Armin Van Buuren, Tiesto, Paul Van Dyk, Ferry Corsten, Sander Van Doorn and Judge Jules.

His DJ career has taken him across the globe playing at some of the most elite clubs across the UK, all over Europe, China, USA, Russia and Ibiza’s Judgement Sunday’s as well as being resident DJ and promoter for UK superclub Passion, where the world’s most famous DJ’s appear on a monthly basis for the past 15 years.
In 2005 Genix achieved a Guinness World Record for the longest DJ set in history with a massive 84 hours, how many DJs share the same accolade?!

On the production side of things Genix has developed his own sound – a fusion of Tech, Trance, Progressive, House and Electro… it’s hard to define the Genix sound but you know when you hear it! Groovy and infectious basslines and stomping beats combine with uplifting and electronic elements!
His productions are showcased by the elite DJ’s on major radio stations such as the BBC, ASOT, Tiesto’s Clublife, TATW and Galaxy & Genix now releases his work on Armada and Spinnin but has released for other labels such as Nebula, Maelstrom, Anjunabeats, Ministry Of Sound and Enhanced.

File Size – 109.4 MB
Length – 01:02:18

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Lange Website

Lange is recognised as one of the most influential dance artists of the past decade. A DJ who has remained at the forefront of the scene throughout his career and a producer that continues to push all boundaries.
After an exhausting list of achievements, counting among them 20 UK top 40s, featuring on a film soundtrack, and remixing mainstream artists such as the Pet Shop Boys, Lange remains one of the leading EDM producers. His modern day anthem “Out of the Sky” catapulted to the top of the trance charts, making him one of the top selling trance artists in 2008 and it still remains a ‘never fails’ track for djs and clubbers alike.

With the launch of his artist album, Harmonic Motion, Lange proved yet again why he is considered one of the most accomplished and highly rated artists in the scene. The album received unreserved support from both fans and djs with praise coming from around the globe. The lead single, ‘Live Forever’ with Emma Hewitt, topped the Beatport charts for over a month and the album as a whole consistently found promotion throughout the scene.

Lange has started 2011 on yet another production jaunt with his, dirtier, edgier LNG brand. The first single, Brandalism, was a huge success and saw him tapping into the house and techno fanbase; reaffirming the direction of his artist album. The massive “Harmony Will Kick You in the Ass” followed, the title perhaps becoming one of the most frequently used phrases on the social networks and the track itself shooting into the Beatport Top 10 and Judge Jules’ Tried and Tested on Radio 1. Support came universally and it was undoubtedly one of the tunes of this year’s ASOT500 celebration. Expect a lot more from this dark corner of the Lange studio.

File Size – 108.3 MB
Length – 01:00:38

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Jerome Isma-Ae Website

Hailing from Munich, Jerome Isma-Ae is one of the highest-selling, most successful Prog House DJ/producers of the last 3 years. He is reinventing and designing the sounds since the early years of EDM. Building, combining, releasing and holding on to a continuously sharp sound, fit for both timelessness and the current demands of the dancefloor society. German producer/DJ Jerome Isma-Ae sure kept himself busy over the past 15 years. But results are showing. With the characteristic Isma-Ae sound on his side, requested and praised by many, he’s got the best weapon there is: the ability to stand out. Mind you, it’s a weapon he won’t hesitate to use.

The first few years of Jerome’s career were all about exploring the different sides of music. A year after his first release, he teamed up with Marcel Krieg and gave birth to the Future Funk project, bringing a successful combination of house, disco, soul and funk. To Jerome, it’s that well balanced blend of styles that makes the ride worthwhile. Nowadays, though most of his work is labeled ‘progressive house’, these influences can still be heard in his productions.
Another example of the versatile producer that is Jerome, is his involvement with movie soundtracks and commercials. Projects for Audi, Marlboro and several other biggies, saw him opening up to the more commercial type of producing.

Over the past few years, aside from Future Funk and other projects, Jerome has been busy enough building his own catalogue of originals and remixes. Needless to say it’s worked out for him and He’s one of the few DJ/producers with true crossover appeal, with his tracks being just as popular with Armin van Buuren and Markus Schulz as they are with Pete Tong and Hernan Cattaneo.

File Size – 141.6 MB
Length – 01:14:41

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Ben Gold Website

At just 25 years old Ben Gold is one of the most multi-talented names in the electronic dance scene. Ben combines a highly acclaimed career as a leading studio engineer with that of one of the brightest young stars in the trance scene, playing at some of the world’s leading clubs alongside world class DJ’s who all regularly fill their CD wallets with his latest works.

A versatile producer who has seen tracks featured on leading compilations such as Ministry Of Sound’s Trance Nation Harder, Trance Nation Deeper and Europe’s biggest dance compilation, Dream Dance. As well as regularly winning plaudits such as Armin Van Buuren’s ‘Tune Of The Week’, Above and Beyond’s ‘Tune of the Week’ and often featured in Mixmag as their ‘Tune Of The Month’, Ben’s productions are also consistently featured on leading radio stations such as Radio 1, Galaxy and on leading radio shows, including ASOT by Armin van Buuren, Club Life by Tiesto and TATW by Above and Beyond.

Ben’s productions are played by DJs as far reaching as Armin van Buuren to Sander Van Doorn, Paul van Dyk to Marco V, leading to plaudits such as “Ben Gold is a talented young producer and definitely one to watch out for in the future”, by none other than Paul Oakenfold!
Recent DJ appearances have led Ben all over the globe including notable sets at The Sunrise Festival in Poland, The Fresh Squeezed Festival in Los Angeles USA), Garuda at Sankeys (UK), Digital Society at O2 Academy Leeds (UK), Twisted in Vancouver (Canada) & Slinky at The Opera House (UK). This multi faceted DJ and producer will bring a breath of fresh air to a scene which demands the same high quality and excellence that Ben has regularly achieved even at such a young age, the only way is to the very top.

File Size – 105.1 MB
Length – 01:00:09

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M6 Website

DJ Producer Mark Sixma (aka M6) was born in the Netherlands in ’83. Being raised in Breda, the hometown of DJ Tiësto, it was only a matter of time till he caught the trance virus. After mastering the art of DJ’ing at high school parties and in local club ‘De Spock’, Mark got interested in producing music as well.
With a helping hand from his friend Paul Moelands (aka Re:locate) he started to produce his first trance tracks. His background in classical piano music proved to be a great benefit here. It wasn’t until graduation year at the University of Tilburg that Mark started to put more time and effort into producing and soon after his first release was a fact. After hearing his music, record label Basic Beat signed ‘Freak Electrique’ and ‘Techmatic’. ‘Freak Electrique ‘ was also featured on Riley and Durrant’s mix compilation ‘A Quest For Trance 2′. That’s where the ball got rolling!

After releasing a collaboration with Def Tactical and a Project 6 E.P at Five AM Records it was time for the next M6 release called ‘Destination 6′. It was chosen ‘Tune of the Week’ on Armin van Buuren’s radioshow ‘A State Of Trance’ and got supported by the biggest names on the planet. From that point on a lot of doors opened for Mark. The next M6 single was signed at Armada. ‘Fade 2 Black’ was, once again, selected ‘Tune of the Week’ on ASOT. An incredible accomplishment in such a short period of time. It’s safe to say that Mark is one of the fastest rising stars in trance music.

File Size – 103.5 MB
Length – 00:59:17

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Anhken Website

Romanian born producer Petrisor Dima aka Anhken, is relatively new to the Trance scene and yet he has had an incredible impact in only a short space of time. Discovered by John Grant (Above and Beyond), he makes a good entry, by signing his first track “First Division” with Anjunabeats, and that’s really what it got him started.

His next productions received good reviews worldwide and so far, Anhken’s tracks and remixes got significant support from DJ’s, such as: Above and Beyond, DJ Tiesto , Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten , Matt Darey, Marcus Schulz and Pete Tong to name a few.

Anhken’s main focus is music production but he’s now starting to focus on his mixing career. As a DJ he made his debut on Tiesto’s “Club Life” radio show being the first Romanian artist who played on his “15 Minutes of Fame”, and the first Romanian invited to do guest mixes for Above & Beyond’s “Trance Around The World “and Matt Darey’s “Nocturnal”. You will be sure to hear a lot in the future from this young Romanian producer…

File Size – 100.7 MB
Length – 00:57:19

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Daniel Kandi LIVE @ Digital Society Summer Event 17.6.2011

Over the recent years, very few danish musicians has had the same impact on the world of electronic dance music, with events such as Trance Energy, A State Of Trance 400, A State Of Trance 450, Trance Around The World 300, Global Gathering & Godskitchen. Daniel has been at the forefront of the next generation of EDM all-stars.

Hailing from the northern Denmark, Daniel has been around the world and back again. From Pacha, Buenos Aires over Ministry Of Sound, London to QBH Club, Sydney with a steadily growing number of countries in between Daniel listed as #87 on the world renowned Top 100 DJ-poll in the British DJ Magazine this guy has only just started.

Daniel is more than just a DJ; he is heavily featured on shows like A State Of Trance, and Trance Around The World. A frequent visitor to the airwaves himself with his show Always Alive getting praise for his track selection and his distinctive personality on air.

Daniel Kandi Website

File Size – 107.7 MB
Length – 01:01:32

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Estiva & Will Holland in an exclusive B2B set LIVE @ Digital Society Summer Event 17.6.2011

Estiva Website

Steven Baan, better known as the man behind the project Estiva, has grown to be somewhat of a household name recently. Operating out of the city of Reeuwijk in western Holland, Stevens flair for a beautiful melodic take on progressive trance has gotten the nod of approval from every part of the scene of electronic dance music.
Born just before Christmas in 1987, Steven was the youngest in the household with two big brothers and experienced a nice safe childhood. The passion for trance comes from the summer, as well as countless hours listening to shows like “A State Of Trance” and the legendary “In Search Of Sunrise” compilation series by fellow Dutchman Tiësto.

In the early years Steven played around with different sequencers trying to find one that fitted him, and when he started using FL Studio things really started to take off for him and he finished the EP “Estiva Pres. Sunover – Stella” in 2007 which found its way to the UK-based label Enhanced Recordings, a label that Steven has stayed with since then.
Another milestone in Stevens career was when he joined forces with his friend Marninx on the track “Casa Grande” which got handpicked for Tiësto for the 7th edition of his “In Search Of Sunrise”-series which according to Steven himself was nothing short of “a dream coming true”.

Now all eyes were upon Steven, and his next EP “Strawberry Frields” got support from the likes of Tiësto, Armin Van Buuren and Ferry Corsten. With his unique take on progressive trance Steven just kept working hard in the studio and besides doing remixes for labels like Anjunabeats, Coldharbour & Fraction, he stunned everyone with the EP “Les Fleurs” that really showcased the versatility that Steven possessed getting support from Tiësto, Markus Schulz, Lange & Solarstone.

Over the second half of 2009 and early 2010 another EP was released on Enhanced, “I Feel Fine” yet again showcased Steven’s talent and gathered support from the likes of Above & Beyond and Armin Van Buuren. Meanwhile Steven teamed up with label-partner Temple One for the track “November Lovely” and early 2010 came what appears to be the most popular Estiva EP as of then titled “Friends & Enemies” with early support all over the board including Tiësto, Armin Van Buuren, Above & Beyond, Markus Schulz & Judge Jules. Later on that year he surprised the scene with his “The Kingdom” and “Adamas”, both of the EP’s were trademark Estiva pieces.

Will Holland Website

As a DJ Will has held residencies for three of the largest clubs in the UK: Gatecrasher, Digital Society and Wildchild, becoming one of the UK’s leading trance DJs and subsequently playing across the majority of Europe for some of the most acclaimed venues and events alongside the likes of Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond, Paul van Dyk, Ferry Corsten and Markus Schulz, all whilst having mixed 4 critically acclaimed compilations and hosting his own huge radio show – the Enhanced Radio Show, running the world renowned Enhanced Recordings and knocking out his own dancefloor destroying productions.

On the production front, Will has had success on many of the leading labels and his tracks and remixes regularly feature in the sets of the world’s leading DJ’s, and now releases his own work exclusively on his own label, Enhanced. Of his most recent releases ‘Tears In The Rain’ was a worldwide smash at the start of 2009, and ‘Things That Happen’, released later in 2009 found major support with the likes of Armin van Buuren. This year’s “Arctic Kiss”, with Motionchild and Tiff Lacey also saw massive support from all the A-List as Will once again proved he comes up with the goods on every release he puts a new release out.

File Size – 133.8 MB
Length – 01:01:18

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Sebastian Brandt

Sebastian Brandt is a name that is rapidly becoming one of the most talked about names in the trance genre. The young Armada star is following in the footsteps of his peers, producing non-stop top notch materials and are gaining massive support worldwide by some of the biggest names in the dance industry.

Known for his searing leads and melodic prowess, its no wonder Sebastian is one of the most requested remixers in Trance today. Through the birth of ‘Serenade’, and the powerful ‘So Cold’, Sebastian has seen his tracks supported by the entire trance elite. His tracks have become a staple identity for Armada for a number of years, so much that Armin van Buuren himself, has recruited him to remix his own personal tracks. What’s more, Armin van Buuren asked him to make the official theme for A State of Trance 450, named ‘450’.

Sebastian’s DJ ability is quite incredible, playing huge gigs such as ASOT 450, Monday Bar, Digital Society, Entrance and Luminosity. His tours of India and Indonesia have spread his prodigious sound across the world, wowing crowds with his energy, and ability to surprise the audience. Sebastian’s productions and stunning remixes, are featured on the largest and most respected dance labels on the planet including Armada, Ferry Corstens’ Flashover Recordings, and Monster Tunes.

File Size – 97.3 MB
Length – 00:58:45

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Indecent KEARNAGE

This is a Live set recording of Indecent KEARNAGE at the Digital Society Summer Event on friday 17th June 2011 ….

A very highly anticipated set with a packed club to the very last beat ….

File Size – 167.8 MB
Length – 01:23:48

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Tom Colontonio

Recently being dubbed as “the man of the moment” by Armin Van Buuren, a name like Tom Colontonio does not go unnoticed, but his music, is simply unforgettable. Tom Colontonio belongs to a successful new breed of DJ/Producers who have taken the scene by storm, and are giving the established globally acclaimed artists a run for their money.

Tom has released a number of tracks on a variety of labels such as Discover, Vandit, Conspiracy and Armada along with a number of other labels, which has kept him very busy over the past few years. He has also had appearances on most major radio shows such as PVD’s VONYC Sessions, Tiesto’s Club Life, Armin’s A State of Trance, and many others.

As releases, remixes, collaborations and support from some of the biggest names in the electronic music industry continue to mount up, Tom Colontonio is beginning to see the world through the eyes of an international DJ.
The future looks bright for this up and coming player, so be on the lookout for Tom Colontonio, his name will not be the only thing you’ll remember.

File Size – 102.3 MB
Length – 01:00:19

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Ferry Tayle

French producer & DJ Ferry Tayle was born in 1982. His first musical experience was with jazz. He started playing the saxophone at the age of 7. He became interested in electronic music by discovering Jean-Michel Jarre’s first album. After 14 years of jazz music he decided to move into electronic music. He bought his first decks in 1999 and began to DJ. In 2000, he took his first steps in his professional development in the biggest club in the east of France called “Le Colysée”. In just one year he had the chance to share the decks with some big names like Cosmic Gate, Darude, U96 and very well known French house DJ, David Guetta.
Later, he met and became friends with Nicolas “Cosmic Dreams”, DJ & founder of Elektro-Shock, a French electronic music association. During some different events with Elektro-Shock, Ferry met TonKs, and became best friends. In 2001, he created his first project under the name Blackmoon Traxx with his two friends, Stephan & Vincent. After several unfruitful productions it was their remix of Ohm Boys – Thinking of You, one of Alex M.O.R.P.H.’s projects, which was released on Red Silver Rec. (a UK label) & brought Ferry Tayle & Blackmoon Traxx into the public scene.

During the summer 2004, Ferry Tayle & TonKs had the honor of sharing the decks with Rank 1 & Alex M.O.R.P.H. during the first big trance event in France. Following this event, Ferry decided to combine the TonKs’ sound with Blackmoon Traxx. In November 2004, the new project Everest was born. In December, in search of a vocalist for this project, he met Tashita, a female Belgian artist. In 2005, Everest made their first track called Orée. Released in April 2006 on famous UK label Monster Tunes, Orée was the first turn in Ferry’s career. In 2005 the track was featured on famous compilations like Sensation White Holland Edition (ID&T) and Technoclub Next Vol. 2 mixed by the legendary Talla 2XLC, and was massively supported by Paul van Dyk (2 times voted as the best DJ in the world), Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Robert Gitelman, and Stoneface & Terminal.

File Size – 48.7 MB
Length – 00:29:29

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Greg Downey

Belfast-born Greg began DJing over six years ago, shortly before he decided to pack up and move to Ibiza for the summer with his records. While playing at a dingy San Antonio after-party, he was spotted by the promoter of Gatecrasher, who was so impressed he asked him to play the following week at Space. Since then, Greg has worked hard to establish himself firmly among the best young DJs in the World

Greg developed a taste for electronic dance music from a young age and this is reflected in his unique style, which combines underground and uplifting trance with elements of techno. This is all rolled into an explosive performance, which sees him using 3 CDJs, Serato Scratch Live, Pioneer DJM 800 and EFX 1000 to devastating effect.

As a producer it is clear to see , release by release Greg is one of the brightest talents out there. Supported regularly by the likes of Paul van Dyk, Tiesto ,Armin van Buuren, John Digweed, Ferry Corsten, Eddie Halliwell, Judge Jules, Sander van Doorn, Above and Beyond and many more, Greg’s many achievements, alongside his outstanding technical ability will ensure he reaches great heights.

File Size – 101.4 MB
Length – 00:59:33
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Juventa

Jordin Post, also known as Juventa – This young producer from The Netherlands has been active since late 2009 and made the step from small labels to the bigger players before the end of 2010. He already managed to create himself a good fundemental discography with releases findable on labels like Infrasonic, Anjunabeats, and now also Enhanced, kicking off on this label with his debut EP “For That Special Girl / Just An Emotion”.

Unknown to most of the people until is hit remix of André Glensks “Polish Pierogi”, Jordin is now fastly becoming a resident, and supports of his tracks from A-list DJs can be expected for every single release. Early 2010 he also had the honour to get his remix of the legendary “Larry Mountains 54″ compiled on Anjunabeats Volume 8, which gave his name a huge boost. His EP on Enhanced is moving on with the waves it caused and will be followed by more very promising originals and remixes.

His trademark sound must be the combination of an uplifting Trance base with various progressive elements through it. “It’s just great when you post some samples on the internet, and people are like “hey, I recognise this. Sounds like Juventa!”.
Jordin’s main objective is to provide his listeners with quality and emotional music. The genre doesn’t matter, since Trance isn’t the only style this guy is producing.
“Sometimes I just feel like I have to make something completely different. The result can be a track like “Ruby” or “Attained Dreams”, two Lounge-styled tracks that were featured on a compilation called “Lounge Top 100″, which was compiled by Cloud9 Music (Who are also my publisher by the way). I also do Breaks sometimes, and if I’m in the mood some firm Progressive can be the final product too. You’ll hear an examples of that on Enhanced Progressive!”

A ‘new name on the trance horizon’, with a bright future ahead.

File Size – 99.4 MB
Length – 01:00:45
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Indecent Noise

Indecent Noise (Aleksander Stawierej), 25 years old DJ, producer, engineer and promotor. Completly rapt in energetic and melodic trance sounds, often use more techy stuff in his sets. His fascination of electronic music has started at a very young age. At age 7 he listened to compilations of Jan Michelle Jarre and Kraftwerk. He put his first steps as DJ and producer in 2004.

He deubts in 2006 with remixes of Viscid’s tracks that were released in J00F Deep and Inaspace in 2006.
For a next year he improved his musicianship gaining experience in production and signing contracts with Neuroscience Recordings and Kerf Music. The turning point in his career was winning a remix competition of „Wildfires”, which was organised by Comunicate Recordings in 2008. In 2010 he signed contracts with legendary labels like Discover & Fraction.

Playing live he fully uses benefits of technology by using laptop and midi controllers with Ableton Live setup, making his sets special and unique. In 2010 Alex signed with Audio Religion booking agency, which manage some of top artists like Manuel Le Saux, Lee Haslam, Fast Distance and Sly One vs. Jurrane. Indecent Noise has his own monthly radioshow “Noise Sessions” on Trance.fm, Totaal fm, Discover Trance Radio and PureSound.fm. He also hosts “Radio Bosh”
which is broadcasted every month in sundays prime time on afterhours.fm.

Productions of Alex were supported by names like: Tiesto, Paul van Dyk, Above & Beyond, Paul Oakenfold, Agnelli & Nelson, Roger Shah, Sean Tyas, Christopher Lawrence, Lange, Judge Jules, Kutski, Scot Project, Dumonde, Graham Gold, Matt Darey, M.I.K.E., Tillmann Uhrmacher, Ernesto & Bastian, Aly&Fila, Mark Sherry, Activa, Marcos, DJ Choose,
John O’Callaghan, John Askew, Daniel Kandi, Manuel Le Saux, Suzy Solar, Ali Wilson, Bryan Kearney, Tom Colontonio and Kaeno.

File Size – 98.7 MB
Length – 01:00:37
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Estiva

Steven Baan, better known as the man behind the project Estiva, has grown to be somewhat of a household name recently. Operating out of the city of Reeuwijk in western Holland, Stevens flair for a beautiful melodic take on progressive trance has gotten the nod of approval from every part of the scene of electronic dance music.
Born just before Christmas in 1987, Steven was the youngest in the household with two big brothers and experienced a nice safe childhood. The passion for trance comes from the summer, as well as countless hours listening to shows like “A State Of Trance” and the legendary “In Search Of Sunrise” compilation series by fellow Dutchman Tiësto.

In the early years Steven played around with different sequencers trying to find one that fitted him, and when he started using FL Studio things really started to take off for him and he finished the EP “Estiva Pres. Sunover – Stella” in 2007 which found its way to the UK-based label Enhanced Recordings, a label that Steven has stayed with since then.
Another milestone in Stevens career was when he joined forces with his friend Marninx on the track “Casa Grande” which got handpicked for Tiësto for the 7th edition of his “In Search Of Sunrise”-series which according to Steven himself was nothing short of “a dream coming true”.

Now all eyes were upon Steven, and his next EP “Strawberry Frields” got support from the likes of Tiësto, Armin Van Buuren and Ferry Corsten. With his unique take on progressive trance Steven just kept working hard in the studio and besides doing remixes for labels like Anjunabeats, Coldharbour & Fraction, he stunned everyone with the EP “Les Fleurs” that really showcased the versatility that Steven possessed getting support from Tiësto, Markus Schulz, Lange & Solarstone.

Over the second half of 2009 and early 2010 another EP was released on Enhanced, “I Feel Fine” yet again showcased Steven’s talent and gathered support from the likes of Above & Beyond and Armin Van Buuren. Meanwhile Steven teamed up with label-partner Temple One for the track “November Lovely” and early 2010 came what appears to be the most popular Estiva EP as of then titled “Friends & Enemies” with early support all over the board including Tiësto, Armin Van Buuren, Above & Beyond, Markus Schulz & Judge Jules. Later on that year he surprised the scene with his “The Kingdom” and “Adamas”, both of the EP’s were trademark Estiva pieces.

File Size – 99.7 MB
Length – 01:00:10
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Defcon Audio

Defcon Audio were first formed back in 2008 when studio partners Lazarus, James Alexander, and Richard J. Thorpe collaborated on their rework of Med vs Neil Bamford – One, which subsequently won the Abora Recordings remix competition and gained support from trance royalty Ferry Corsten.
As producers they’ve worked on a number of original tracks and bootleg reworks, utilising Richard J. Thorpe’s classical pianist skills to create some unique interpretations of well-known trance tracks, such as their popular version of Agnelli & Nelson – Everyday.

In 2009 Lazarus and James Alexander kicked off the launch of their label Defcon Recordings with the release of their debut artist production Defcon Audio – Trailblazer, which earned widespread support from the likes of Manuel Le Saux, Pedro Del Mar, as well as Ferry Corsten once again.
They have been working on an artist album in-between concentrating on their label work, due for release on Defcon in 2012, but remixes of album tracks such as Theme From Defcon and Lost In You, with the latter due for full release this Spring.

Lazarus and James Alexander also now DJ together regularly under the Defcon Audio name and this year they launched a new fortnightly radio show called Defcontamination, which broadcasts exclusively on Discover Trance Radio.

File Size – 121.2 MB
Length – 01:12:42
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Paul Pearson

Digital Society Resident, Promoter & Podcast host Paul Pearson brings you a selection of some of the best tracks from the past 14 releases on Digital Society Recordings. With an ethos for bringing some of the best upfront club tracks which always hit the top 10 download charts on most online record sites, Digital Society Recordings is at the forefront of todays Trance sound.

File Size – 136.7 MB
Length – 01:22:54

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Sophie Sugar

Sophie Sugar is one of the shining stars of the global trance scene. An established international DJ in her own right and now making waves around the world as a talented and exciting producer, it is easy to see where this young lady is heading.

Sophie was always a music lover – playing the piano for 8 years and collecting records from the tender age of 6! In her teens, she became involved in the club scene, fell in love with trance music and began DJing.
In 2004 she was delighted to win the prestigious Gallery/DJ Magazine DJ competition.
In 2005 and 2006, Sophie released the hugely successful tracks ‘Call of Tomorrow’ and ‘Isis’, on respected labels Galactive and ATCR, both of which received support from many of the world’s top DJs including Paul Van Dyk and Armin Van Buuren.

Her career has gone from strength to strength as she played to a growing worldwide fan base in areas such as Canada, Morocco, Abu Dhabi, China, Europe and at leading UK nights such as The Gallery, Digital Society, Serious, and Passion.
With her own distinct brand of driving, uplifting trance – both in her productions and DJ sets – Sophie Sugar plays a very exciting part in the worldwide trance scene.

File Size – 95.2 MB
Length – 00:57:58
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Jon O’Bir

Jon O’Bir is a name that’s been splashed across the industry since he catapulted to the front of the line in 2002 after winning a prestigious competition run by Passion and M8 magazine. In the seven years since this Jon has gone from strength to strength in gaining respect, fans and accolades.

He successfully held a residency with the leading dance brand Godskitchen for many years which saw him warming up and going head to head with some of the biggest stars including Paul Van Dyk, Sasha and Tiesto, something very few people can add to their portfolio.
Massive achievements in the world of Radio weren’t far behind as his diary continued to swell. He was picked for an appearance on the renowned Radio One Essential Mix as well as a guest on Fergie’s show. In 2006 he was offered the life changing opportunity to become one of the selected DJ’s to be part of Radio One’s “The Residency” shows which further cemented the gigantic growth in his popularity. Since 2006 Jon O’Bir’s own show “Ways & Means” has continued to attract listeners from all over the world.
His undisputed skills have meant his diary has featured some of the world’s most established and respected events including gigs at Global Gathering, Radio One’s “One Big Weekend” and their “10 years of Ibiza” live from Space, Homelands, Gatecrasher, Goodgreef, Slinky, Planet Love in Dublin, 1015 in San Francisco, Gossip Club in Vietnam, Cream at Amnesia and Passion to name just a select few.

File Size – 105.7 MB
Length – 01:00:32
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MK X

Michael Smith otherwise known as MK X is one of the most exciting talents to emerge from the North East in recent years. Originally a DJ but now a fully fledged music producer and owner of leading trance imprint Infrasonic Recordings Michael has worked hard to build his reputation. Through pure hard work, dedication and honesty he has gained respect and admiration from club promoters in his native UK and also overseas.

Michael is a very versatile DJ who feels just at home playing a progressive house set to that of his preferred peak time trance style. As a DJ, Michael puts thought and precision into his mixing and his ability to read a crowd has not gone unnoticed by his peers.
To date Michael has had the pleasure of playing alongside or warming up for the likes of Giuseppe Ottaviani, John O Callaghan, Matt Hardwick, Alex MORPH, Riley & Durrant, Aly & Fila, Jon O Bir, John Askew, Adam Sheridan, Robert Nickson, Fred Baker, Activa but to name a few!

Now aged just 28 MK X is regarded as one of the best up and coming DJs in the UK. With regular dates in his diary now coming thick and fast from around the country Michael is fast growing a fan base. Whether it be a long structured progressive set or that of his usual full on trance style his ability to work a crowd never fails to impress and with international recognition and tour dates now confirmed with his Infrasonic brand, the future looks very promising for this fast rising, and extremely talented DJ/PRODUCER.

File Size – 108 MB
Length – 01:00:04
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Manuel Le Saux

Manuel Le Saux was born as a DJ in 1989. He started his career playing as a resident DJ in one of the biggest clubs in Rome, then he started getting guest appearances in a lot of clubs in Italy. With the start of the new century he started being a producer.
Now he produces for the famous labels Recoverwold, Discover, Flux Delux and Bonzai, and has made remixes for Armada’s labels A State Of Trance and Magic Island.

His productions got support from the biggest DJ’s in the world like Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren , Ferry Corsten , Paul Van Dyk and many more and his productions were featured in a lot of compilations like A State Of Trance, Dave Pearce’s Trance Anthems, Live As and many more. In 2003 he started a radio show called ” Top Twenty Tunes ” this show is broadcast on the biggest internet radios and on a lot of FM radio stations all around the world. In 2007 he started another radio show called “Extrema” which is exclusively broadcast on Afterhours.FM.

In the meantime his name was growing in the scene and he started playing around the world at big parties like Digital Society (UK), Gatecrasher (UK), Tomorrowland ( Belgium), Entrance (Poland) , Luminosity (Holland), Technoclub (Germany) and many more. He has played in many counties like Australia, Belgium, Germany, Norway, Sweden, UK , Ireland, Poland, Czech Republic, Spain, Turkey, Finland, Switzerland, Slovenia and in Mexico and the USA.

File Size – 95.4 MB
Length – 00:59:15
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Paul Webster

Hailing from one of trance’s fastest growing map points, meet Ireland’s freshest EDM maestro, Paul Webster. Just 3 years on from his debut breakthrough, Paul has poured fire onto dance-floors worldwide with a rush of blood-pumping music and viscerally-exciting DJ performances. It’s a two handed approach that has set in motion an electronic music career that has ‘next big thing’ written all over it.

Webster’s first production ‘Corruption’ in 2006 immediately acquired strong radio support from Judge Jules, who made it ‘Tried and Tested’ it on his Radio 1 show. The initial buzz nudged it further onto the radars of Paul Van Dyk, Eddie Halliwell, Marco V, John O’Callaghan, Sander Van Doorn and Tiësto – becoming a mainstay of their sets. With Jules continuing to hammer it both club-side and on the radio, the track was picked up and released by Armin van Buuren’s Captivating Records. From there Paul has kept up systematic pressure on dance-land with a slew of high-quality productions including ‘Cut Off’, ‘Engaged’, ‘Nailed’ and ‘Problems’ – splitting them between the Captivating and Fraction labels.

On the DJing front, Paul holds two residencies in Ireland at Lektrik & Trancelation. Treating each new club audience as an individual opportunity, he tailors every set specifically to the mood of the crowd. This, in turn, continually evolves his multi-faceted trance sound. It’s these residencies, twinned with the productions themselves that first brought him to the attentions of the major clubbing brands.

File Size – 104.6 MB
Length – 01:01:02
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Med vs Neil Bamford

The last 2 years have seen Chris (Med) & Neil make quick progress with getting recognised as a future force in uplifting trance. With ‘Stolen’, ‘Light Up’ and ‘Last Stand’ receiving ‘A State of Trance plays’ together with their remixes being backed by the biggest names in Trance, the Digital Society residents have definitely made their mark on scene.

Together and separately, the two have played alongside some of the most influential names in trance, such as Activa, Will Holland, Marcos, Daniel Kandi, Nitrous Oxide, Greg Downey, DJ Shah and Manuel Le Saux as well as regularly being featured alongside the likes of Ferry Corsten, Above & Beyond, Markus Schulz , Paul Van Dyk and Aly & Fila to name a few.

With further work coming out on their signed label, Infrasonic, and future work coming out on other prestigious labels, rest assured that Med & Neil will always deliver the very best in Epic, Uplifting & Driving Trance.

File Size – 100.3 MB
Length – 01:01:08
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Temple One

Born in 1986 and hailing from the southern part of England, Joe found a passion for music in his early childhood and at age 10 he found a love for electronic music. He began to collect all kinds of Trance music he could get hold of and found great inspiration in the old Gatecrasher Compilations. An urge to try out the art of DJ’ing lead to Joe spending most of his time learning to master the decks, soon enough Joe wanted to take things further and decided to take up producing, starting off with programs like Ejay and Music 2000 he got a taste for producing and moved on to more advanced programs such as Cubase, Logic and Reason. From there, Joe never looked back!

In 2006, Joe got his first release with a two track EP on Trance Revolution Recordings, and with guys like Armin Van Buuren, Ferry Corsten and Matt Hardwick supporting the tune, a whole new world opened up for the young talented Englishman.
Joe joined Enhanced Music in 2006 following his release on Trance Revolution Recordings and continued to make quite an impact on the Trance scene. Besides remixing guys like Alex M.O.P.R.H and Woody Van Eyden, he released a 3 track EP on Enhanced that further solidified his position as one of the young bright minds of the UK trance scene. The Aurora EP got huge support all over the world by the likes of Tisto, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten and Above & Beyond. Joe didnt hesitate to take things further and quickly became one of the most requested guys in the scene working with labels such as Armada, Flashover, Monster Tunes and of course, Enhanced Recordings.

In 2009, Joe stepped up the mark with tracks like ‘Sahara Nights’ and the more Tech fuelled number ‘Betelgeuse’ along with a string of high profile remixes all topping the download charts. Joe also mixed the first Enhanced Sessions CD Compilation alongside fellow producer Estiva which followed with several tour dates. To date, Joe has already had the pleasure of performing in countries such as India, Finland, Germany, Poland and Czech Rep along with a string of UK dates.
At just 24 years old, Temple One continues to solidify himself as a producer and as a DJ. With top notch releases.

File Size – 117.4 MB
Length – 01:04:59
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Bryan Kearney

Bryan Kearney began DJing in the year 2000 and in this time has established himself firmly on the international dance scene. His sets contain the very best in upfront trance and techno with the emphasis always on energy and the unexpected.
He was a permanent fixture on the airwaves of Dublin throughout 2002 and 2003 with prime time shows on Energy Fm and Kiss Fm providing the capital with the very best in brand new material each week. In 2003, Bryan began his own night Tranceformation in the Crypt at the legendary Temple Theatre. At the same time, he had began to get into producing and obtained a Higher National Diploma in Sound Operations and Music Technology. His collaboration with John O’Callaghan entitled Restricted Motion was signed to Discover Records by label boss John Askew.
His track with O’Callaghan, Exactly, singed to Discover Records was regarded by many as the track of the Winter Music Conferance 06, and became a firm favourite of Armin Van Buuren and Paul Van Dyk. It was remixed by one of his idols, Giuseppe Ottaviani of NU-NRG, and was requested for no less than thirty album compilations.The track is considered by many to be a modern day classic and was the biggest track of 2006. Further releases on Discover and GRH Recordings followed on from this.

2008 continued on with Bryan receiving two nominations at the Irish Dance Music Awards – Best DJ & Best New Artist. His full on tech workout of J.O.C’s Rotterdam was a huge success on Sander Van Doorn’s brand new label. Other releases releases included his tech house monster ‘ The Walrus ‘ on Full Tilt Recordings, a track that received support right across the board of dance music. Bryan’s biggest track of the year was a track which was dedicated to his friend Barry Connell who unfortunately passed away in April of that year. ‘You Will Never Be Forgotten’ was released on Discover Records and was a fitting tribute to Barry. With gigs on a weekly basis throughout Ireland and the UK and also further afield in Poland and Australia. Performances for Goodgreef, Inside Out & Planet Love were followed up by playing at two of the biggest festivals in the world. Sunrise Festival in Poland was Bryan’s finest hour to date with his set being voted as second best set of the entire festival ahead of the likes of Tiesto, James Zabiela and many more. Bryan also featured at the world’s leading dance event Sensation White in Melbourne, Australia on New Years Eve, a night and experience that will live long in memory.

File Size – 101.3 MB
Length – 01:00:25
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Tritonal

If success were measured musically, Tritonal would be on the highway to achieving the great American dream. At any given moment, their music is fueling a sing-along through a spin on the stereo airwaves or tearing up a dance floor at a packed club or festival. They have crossed musical and geographical boundaries and amazed us with their production luminaries and captivating live shows. But take of all that apart, and these talented guys just really want to inspire and to be inspired, blessed with the ability and means to do so.

It is this very reason why Dave Reed and Chad Cisneros, two extremely humble individuals from Austin, Texas, combined forces by chance in 2007 to venture into the dance realm. As they would say it, they “complete each other’s musical sentences.” In that process, Tritonal came to life. Within the short span of the last 2 years, they have charged into the arena and have fast-tracked into chalking up more accolades and accomplishments than some producers or DJs ever will in a lifetime. Despite a very crowded and almost overpopulated trance scene, inhabitants of Planet Dance have generously embraced Tritonal. Amidst the great wave of fresh names flooding the dance arena, they manage to stand out with their ability to evolve and accomplish, and they are the best candidates to put America and trance music on the map.

File Size – 106.3 MB
Length – 00:59:37
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Menno De Jong

Master of numerous music industry disciplines, Menno de Jong has already etched as many notches on the dance tree as someone twice his age. He has recorded for some of Europe’s biggest Trance labels and is the founder of lauded Dutch independent imprint, Intuition Recordings. A bona-fide Podcast pioneer, he’s produced and presented the widely-syndicated, much-downloaded Intuition Radio show for the last 5 years. In 2009 he went back into DJ Magazine’s Top 100 Chart for the fourth successive year (at No. 56) and near-simultaneously took the No.13 position in TranceAddict’s Biggest 250 Trance DJs Poll. With his “Trance in the broadest sense” DJ and production mindset he is, without question, the next challenger to the Dutch dance throne.

Born into a musical family it was a natural step for Menno to start experimenting with the array of equipment gathered in his father’s studio. In 2004 he launched his production career in propitious fashion when his very first track ‘Guanxi’ was inked to Anjunabeats. The devoted music workaholic, Menno has continued to summon one rapturous moment after another from his studio. ‘Magma’/‘Momentum’ and ‘Sjamaan’ were released on Fundamental (in 2005 & 2007 respectively), while ‘Tundra’ (2005) and ‘Nolthando’/ ‘Solid State’ (2007) have provided rocket fuel for his own label Intuition Recordings.

File Size – 108.9 MB
Length – 01:01:15
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Sneijder

Sneijder is one of the nu-breed trance producers. Having only been producing just under 3 years, He has already received overwhelming support from A list Dj’s and seasoned producers. With forthcoming Releases on Paul Van Dyk’s Vandit imprint aswell as Infrasonic, Goodgreef Global and Goodgreef Digital and remixes on Spinnin/Reset, 2011 looks like its going to be massive for the Irish Talent.

Recently Sneijder has been tipped by John O’ Callaghan as A future trance star and mentioned on his Subculture radio show ” Im Tipping This Guy To Be Massive !” With big support from his debut tracks from Armin Van Buuren, Tiesto, Mark Sherry, Sander Van Doorn, Paul Van Dyk, Above & Beyond, John O’ Callaghan, Gareth Emery and countless more, Sneijder is a name to watch out for !

File Size – 108.9 MB
Length – 01:04:45
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The Official Digital Society Podcast celebrates the 50th episode with a huge array of artists from across the globe. Starting in 2007 The Digital Society Podcast has brought some of the best upfront mixes from the most Influencial artists in todays scene. With a forward thinking music policy, and a reputation for showcasing the worlds finest DJ & Producers alongside the more established artists in today’s scene. The Digital Society Podcast offers the freshest upfront perspective on the full spectrum of the Trance genre.

Paul Pearson

Digital Society Resident, Promoter & Podcast host Paul Pearson brings you a selection of some of the best 50 tracks from all the previous Digital Society Podcasts since its start in 2007 and has mixed the tracks togther in order from episode one right upto episode 50 in a marathon 5 hour journey through Trance.

File Size – 422.6 MB
Length – 05:07:44
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John 00 Fleming

John 00 Fleming is one of few artists that has maintained underground respect whilst enjoying commercial success during a career spanning almost a quarter of a century. John has sold 10 million records, with singles on over 100 mix compilations and has remixed a cross section of elite artists whilst DJing across a global playing field.
A member of the pioneering group of DJs who were part of the 1980’s rave revolution, John has gone on to have 10 mix compilations and 5 singles in the UK Top 40 charts on labels including Virgin, EMI and Warner Music.
John’s ability to transcend genres and seek out new, pioneering music has led his unique sound to be labeled the ‘J00F sound’. Incorporating elements of trance, progressive and psy-trance, John’s sonic appeal is far-reaching.

John is quite simply a much-loved DJ. People enjoy the sets he plays, the music he makes and the tunes he releases on his label. John is consistently rewarded by the rock solid support he gets from his dedicated fan base who follow him around the world and line his wall with gold discs, earned by the sheer hard work John has put in over two decades. He simply has a passion for what he does. One of the dance music industry’s most revered personalities: a true legend.

File Size – 107.2 MB
Length – 01:01:52
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Marcel Woods

A studio powerhouse on many levels, Marcel Woods has spent his career making his own path, leapfrogging stereotypes and diminishing musical barriers, and nowhere else is this more evident than in the psychosis of his self-stylised world, where his Musical inner-demons run free against the typecast Madness.
Exactly what doesn’t fit is Marcel’s mind-blowing mix of raw and energetic dance music. Dance floors and festivals have fallen before him in swift succession. Global Gathering, Mysteryland, Dance Valley, Trance Energy, Gatecrasher Summer Sound System, Escape Into The Park, Planet Love and Sanctuary just in one summer run! And possibly more than anything else underlining Marcel’s diverse nature, 2008 saw him become the only DJ ever to play the White AND Black Edition Sensation parties in one season.

Having mixed successful compilations for Dance Valley (2005) High Contrast (2006) and Trance Energy (2008), later in 2008 saw a fresh new concept boil out from underneath Marcel’s creative hat. Released back in October 2008 on High Contrast Recordings, ‘Musical Madness 2008′ was the cornerstone of Marcel’s musical philosophy; a belief he has always explored in his career.

The time Marcel’s not spent DJing around the world promoting his sound, he’s spent locked in the studio working on his unique sounds. His ‘Everything’ charted #1 in early 2010 across all major download stores including Beatport, and follow-ups ‘The Bottle’ and ‘Tomorrow’ also topped charts and playlists. Rare remix projects like his official rework of Tiësto ‘Escape Me’ and his underground bootlegs of Zombie Nation ‘Kernkraft 400′ and Danny Tenaglia ‘Music Is The Answer’ caught the attention of virtually every festival goer this past year.

File Size – 111.3 MB
Length – 01:04:32
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First State

Without a doubt, Sander van Dien aka First State is one of the most exciting and talented producers in electronic dance music at the moment, having cemented his place in the record boxes and sets of the biggest and most influential progressive and trance acts across the globe. Under his First State guise he’s been responsible for some of the biggest and most renowned tracks over the past couple of years. From the very beginning, First State’s releases have been sure fire winners including the likes of as ‘Evergreen’, ‘Your Own Way’ (feat Elliot Johns), ‘Off the Radar’ and ‘Brave’ (feat Sarah Howells) and ‘Falling’ (feat Anita Kelsey).
2010 saw the release of a second artist album on Black Hole Recordings entitled ‘Changing Lanes’ which followed the huge success of the debut offering ‘Time Frame’. ‘My Sanctuary’ was recently chosen as the opening track for the eighth edition of ‘In Search Of Sunrise’ and in May 2010 the track topped the trance charts, while simultaneously enjoying a position in the overall Top 100 downloads on Beatport.com.

File Size – 97.5 MB
Length – 0:57:22
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Cressida

“Where the power of words ends, the music begins“.

Following that credo, German producer Matthias Baumann was instantly amazed, as he – at a very young age in front of a piano – discovered, that only three little notes, put together in the right direction and played with a certain sound, are sufficient to evoke emotions.
Even more, those same notes could trigger different emotions in different people, depending on so many different factors.

Take this still existing childlike exaltation, add a never ending curiousness for diverse and unique sounds and musical styles, mash it up with a distinct fondness for groove in every sense, and you got Cressida.
This progressive trance act was launched in 2005 by Matthias together with Roland Geringer, who shared the same musical background the same passion for EDM back then. Working together for almost three years and gaining instant recognition for their tracks and remixes, the project Cressida never stopped growing and so did the list of labels they worked for, including Lost Language, Baroque Records, Afterglow, Ava Recordings, Somatic Sense, Alter Ego Records and Enhanced Records, only to name a few.

File Size – 97.9 MB
Length – 01:00:01
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John Askew

John Askew is without doubt one of the hottest tech/trance producer/djs in the world. Over the last decade his productions and remixes have seen massive support from Eddie Halliwell, Tiesto, Armin van Buuren and Paul van Dyk who has employed John’s remix skills repeatedly on his highly respected Vandit label.

After the huge successes of his singles “Vellum”, “The Door” and “New Dimension” and “Chime”, John has gone on to deliver a catalogue of big singles including the recent hits “Nothing Left Between Us”, “Fade to Black”, “Bored of You, Bored of Me” and most recently “Vandalism”.
His debut artist album “Lower the Tone” (released in 2006) received massive acclaim in the press and within 4 weeks of its release was completely sold out – a testament to John’s die hard fan base.
As a remixer John has worked for numerous high profile labels including Vandit, Captivating Sounds, Euphonic, Afterglow Records, Duty Free, Ministry of Sound, Monster Records, Flux Delux, Conspiracy, Moodmusic and Fenology.
In 2007 John joined forces with John O’Callaghan under the alias “Cartel” and created two massive singles for Armin’s Captivating Sounds label titled “Buenos Aries” and “Moments”.

In the past 3 years John has played on all the far corners of the globe including: North America, Canada, Australia, Russia, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela, Egypt, Germany, The Netherlands, Romania, Bulgaria, The Czech Republic, Slovakia, China, Poland, Sweden, Turkey, Cyprus, Malta, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Greece, Ukraine, Georgia, and of course all over the UK.

File Size – 87.1 MB
Length – 00:56:40
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Ferry Tayle

French producer & DJ Ferry Tayle was born in 1982. His first musical experience was with jazz. He started playing the saxophone at the age of 7. He became interested in electronic music by discovering Jean-Michel Jarre’s first album. After 14 years of jazz music he decided to move into electronic music. He bought his first decks in 1999 and began to DJ. In 2000, he took his first steps in his professional development in the biggest club in the east of France called “Le Colysée”. In just one year he had the chance to share the decks with some big names like Cosmic Gate, Darude, U96 and very well known French house DJ, David Guetta.
Later, he met and became friends with Nicolas “Cosmic Dreams”, DJ & founder of Elektro-Shock, a French electronic music association. During some different events with Elektro-Shock, Ferry met TonKs, and became best friends. In 2001, he created his first project under the name Blackmoon Traxx with his two friends, Stephan & Vincent. After several unfruitful productions it was their remix of Ohm Boys – Thinking of You, one of Alex M.O.R.P.H.’s projects, which was released on Red Silver Rec. (a UK label) & brought Ferry Tayle & Blackmoon Traxx into the public scene.

During the summer 2004, Ferry Tayle & TonKs had the honor of sharing the decks with Rank 1 & Alex M.O.R.P.H. during the first big trance event in France. Following this event, Ferry decided to combine the TonKs’ sound with Blackmoon Traxx. In November 2004, the new project Everest was born. In December, in search of a vocalist for this project, he met Tashita, a female Belgian artist. In 2005, Everest made their first track called Orée. Released in April 2006 on famous UK label Monster Tunes, Orée was the first turn in Ferry’s career. In 2005 the track was featured on famous compilations like Sensation White Holland Edition (ID&T) and Technoclub Next Vol. 2 mixed by the legendary Talla 2XLC, and was massively supported by Paul van Dyk (2 times voted as the best DJ in the world), Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Robert Gitelman, and Stoneface & Terminal.

File Size – 87.1 MB
Length – 00:56:40
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Will Holland

As a DJ Will has held residencies for three of the largest clubs in the UK: Gatecrasher, Digital Society and Wildchild, becoming one of the UK’s leading trance DJs and subsequently playing across the majority of Europe for some of the most acclaimed venues and events alongside the likes of Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond, Paul van Dyk, Ferry Corsten and Markus Schulz, all whilst having mixed 4 critically acclaimed compilations and hosting his own huge radio show – the Enhanced Radio Show, running the world renowned Enhanced Recordings and knocking out his own dancefloor destroying productions.

On the production front, Will has had success on many of the leading labels and his tracks and remixes regularly feature in the sets of the world’s leading DJ’s, and now releases his own work exclusively on his own label, Enhanced. Of his most recent releases ‘Tears In The Rain’ was a worldwide smash at the start of 2009, and ‘Things That Happen’, released later in 2009 found major support with the likes of Armin van Buuren. This year’s “Arctic Kiss”, with Motionchild and Tiff Lacey also saw massive support from all the A-List as Will once again proved he comes up with the goods on every release he puts a new release out.

File Size – 102.5 MB
Length – 01:00:30
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Max Graham

Max Graham was born in London, England and lived in Spain, New York City and Los Angeles before settling in Ottawa in 1989. At age 15 in 1986, he began as a hip-hop and scratch DJ before discovering and falling in love with the house music scene between 1992 and 1994. Max was also instrumental in the creation of the famous Atomic club in Ottawa, and his weekly 6 hour sets at Atomic are the stuff of legend among fans. Max exploded onto the producing scene with the releases of “Airtight” and “Tell You,” both of which became international hits. Airtight was nominated for a Juno Award in 2001. This success got some attention from the world dance music scene and Graham was asked to mix Tranceport CD #4, which was also met with huge success, and spurred a world tour in 2001.
This rapid rise in attention led Graham to be voted into spot number 23 on DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs list, the highest entry for a newcomer in 2001. His distinctive style remains difficult to pin down, covering genres like house, progressive, techno, disco, and trance to name just some. During a Graham performance, a collection of different sounds can be heard in every aspect of the tracks being played: the bass, rhythms, and melodies constantly change and energize the audience and dancers at Graham’s sets.

File Size – 101.2 MB
Length – 01:00:30
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Jon O’Bir

Jon O’Bir is a name that’s been splashed across the industry since he catapulted to the front of the line in 2002 after winning a prestigious competition run by Passion and M8 magazine. In the seven years since this Jon has gone from strength to strength in gaining respect, fans and accolades.

He successfully held a residency with the leading dance brand Godskitchen for many years which saw him warming up and going head to head with some of the biggest stars including Paul Van Dyk, Sasha and Tiesto, something very few people can add to their portfolio.
Massive achievements in the world of Radio weren’t far behind as his diary continued to swell. He was picked for an appearance on the renowned Radio One Essential Mix as well as a guest on Fergie’s show. In 2006 he was offered the life changing opportunity to become one of the selected DJ’s to be part of Radio One’s “The Residency” shows which further cemented the gigantic growth in his popularity. Since 2006 Jon O’Bir’s own show “Ways & Means” has continued to attract listeners from all over the world.
His undisputed skills have meant his diary has featured some of the world’s most established and respected events including gigs at Global Gathering, Radio One’s “One Big Weekend” and their “10 years of Ibiza” live from Space, Homelands, Gatecrasher, Goodgreef, Slinky, Planet Love in Dublin, 1015 in San Francisco, Gossip Club in Vietnam, Cream at Amnesia and Passion to name just a select few.

File Size – 100.3 MB
Length – 01:01:43
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Luke Terry

Six years on from Luke’s first release on Tsunami, he is once again settling for nothing short of exquisitely crafted music. Renowned for his euphoric, uplifting melody lines, Luke Terry has consistently plugged away in the studio to bring us tracks such as Arpora, Escape From Antarctica, Fall Into The Moon, Tears of Disbelief and many more on various labels including the likes of Armada, Vandit, Sony and Mondo. His tracks and remixes gain support the world over from all the A-list DJs with his single Rocket Theory being chosen by Tiesto as one of his top tracks of 2009.

As a DJ, Luke has played alongside the best including the likes of Ferry Corsten and Paul van Dyk. Having held residencies at Promise in Newcastle and Sugarshack in Middlesbrough, Luke now plays host as resident DJ at Transfusion in Newcastle. He also presents the popular Warning Contains Trance show in partnership with his record label, Unearthed Records, on AfterHours.FM

File Size – 91.1 MB
Length – 00:56:43
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Ronny K

Ronny K. was born on 1st August 1974 at Trinec, Czech Republic. In 1991 he started his career as a DJ. He was learning to mix on vinyl decks (later on CD players) under the direction of professional DJs. After 4 years of practice he DJs solo and started to produce his own music. His first projects were called Exhibit, Sonic Empire and FM FACTORY, which rised in 1997 and was devoted to commercial genre of music. The first album of this project, called The Album, arose in 2001. It included debut tracks like 17 story, Get up, Give you more, Mrazik 2001, Malo je malo. Year 2003 brought fresh wind to Ronnys production. He started to produce club/house together with his friend and they formed a project called Weekend Project, which was oriented on this genre. In years 2004 and 2005 he added new genres to his production: eurotrance, trance and uplifting trance. Meanwhile he cooperates with interactive TV channel and radio Fun1, for which he creates music graphics, jingels and signatures.

2010 started for him with a great release of his official ah.fm anthem “Morning Light“ which was supported by Armin Van Buuren in asot 435. People voted for this track as the Future Favorite and then Armada Music released this track on their compilation called “A State Of Trance Radio Top 15 (February 2010)“. As the next “The Emotion EP“ (contains 2 tracks: Ronny K. Vs Ziki – From Somewhere and Emotia – Sequile) which was choosen by Jorn Van Denyhoven. He was playing Emotia – Sequile on ASOT450 live in Wroclaw for huge crowds (approx. 9500 ppl). Armin used his production again and the track “From Somewhere“ sounded on ASOT 453.

File Size – 93.2 MB
Length – 1:01:36
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Bjorn Akesson

Björn Åkesson was born in 1986, in a town called Lund (southern Sweden). He first noticed electronic music in the middle of the 90′s when he heard music from a videogame called Wipeout 2097. With artists such as Future Sound of London, The Prodigy and Orbital the interest grew. A few years later a friend from school introduced Björn to trance/club music. This sounded a lot better and much more interesting than the techno he had heard before.In early 2003 Björn teamed up with a fellow swedish producer for a collab. The track was called Havannah – Havannah’. Havannah was played by top DJ’s like Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Johan Gielen, The Thrillseekers and many others.

After this collaboration Björn continued making his own tunes and few years later he luanched the “Akesson” project which made a big impact on Above & Beyonds radioshow ‘Trance Around The World’.In early 2008 the track ‘Perfect Blue’ was introduced to the world as ‘Tune Of The Week’ by Armin van Buuren on his huge radioshow ‘A State Of Trance’. Both Sunchaser and Perfect Blue was very well recieved by the trance community and appeared on several big compilations mixed by world class DJ’s and released by huge recordcompanies such as Sony BGM, EMI and Ministry Of Sound.This is surely the beginning of a very successful music career for the talented young man.Today you can find Björn on his way out to the clubs all over Europe making his epic DJ appearances. So keep an eye out!

File Size – 102.8 MB
Length – 1:04:59
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Akira Kayosa

Since 2006 Akira Kayosa has steadily been building his reputation as one of the worlds fastest growing trance prodigies. Based in the UK, Akira has been pumping out quality tracks in abundance. This multi faceted producer is comfortable producing and engineering many styles of dance music from progressive to uplifting trance and tech trance. As well as being one of the hottest up and comers in the production realms, Akira has also been a DJ for over a decade, learning his trade in New Zealand under mentor Leighton Smith.

The skills carefully passed onto him from what many people regard as New Zealand’s best trance DJ, Kayosa is technically gifted behind the decks, being able to play warm up and his more traditional full on styled sound also, whilst working up emotionally fused energetic sets, creating what can only be described as any unmissable performance from the big man!

File Size – 97.4MB
Length – 1:00:49
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Harry Fowler

Harry Fowler is the newest edition to the one and only Digital Society of LEEDS. His development when working with DS has only enabled Harry to showcase his talents to the most educated trance crowd in the country.
At Digital Society’s 2nd Birthday event in Feb 09 he kicked started what can only be described as a triumphant year, playing in the main room at MyHouse and at Gatecrasher 16th Birthday only shows a taster of whats to come during 2010. Fowler has already played along side the likes of Dan Stone, Ben Gold, Will Holland, Daniel Kandi, Ferry Tayle, Temple One, Activa, Jochen Miller, Greg Downey and Cliff Coenraad.

As Host, and once named ‘Big Chief’ of DS INVITATION, which is one of the most unique concepts in the scene, Harry has had the pleasure of giving DJ’s such as Ben Nicky, Ben Gold, Daniel Kandi, Jared Knapp, Marcos and Gary Proud, the chance to play at the UK’s most successful trance night – DIGITAL SOCIETY.
Having gained recognition in the midlands as one of the most consistantly impressive up and coming DJ’s, and with exciting productions in the pipeline, he is undoubtedly one to keep a close eye on in the future.

File Size – 102.4MB
Length – 1:01:39
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Mark Eteson

It takes something special for Global dance giants Godskitchen when headhunting a new resident – they have to be more than just an up & coming DJ talent. As an established producer, with number one singles and stunning remixes for top Artists across the entire music spectrum; a fully-fledged radio producer and presenter with 3 monthly shows and a podcast in his broadcasting arsenal and a sense of individuality and style that makes him stand firmly ahead of the crowd of other generic trance DJs; Mark, is a complete artist: performer, presenter, and producer.

Mark’s insatiable studio creativity has gathered him support from a who’s who of the dance music scene, whether it be from his debut release “Atlantic” in Paul van Dyk’s Essential mix, the 6-week consecutive running stint of his “Cherry Whip” bootleg on Judge Jules’ BBC Radio One Show or notching the coveted number one spot on Beatport and iTunes feature of “The Hymn” with classical singers Zirenz on Anjunabeats, which went on to become one of the labels most successful tunes of the year.

File Size – 101.6MB
Length – 1:01:00
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Ben Gold

At just 25 years old Ben Gold is one of the most multi talented names in the electronic dance scene. Ben combines a highly acclaimed career as a leading studio engineer with that of one of the brightest young stars in the trance scene, playing at some of the world’s leading clubs alongside world class DJ’s who all regularly fill their CD wallets with his latest works.

A versatile producer who has seen tracks featured on leading compilations such as Ministry Of Sound’s Trance Nation Harder, Trance Nation Deeper and Europe’s biggest dance compilation, Dream Dance. As well as regularly winning plaudits such as Armin Van Buuren’s ‘Tune Of The Week’, Above and Beyond’s ‘Tune of the Week’ and often featured in Mixmag as their ‘Tune Of The Month’, Ben’s productions are also consistently featured on leading radio stations such as Radio 1, Galaxy and on leading radio shows, including ASOT by Armin van Buuren, Club Life by Tiesto and TATW by Above and Beyond.

File Size – 96.1MB
Length – 1:01:51
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Dan Stone

Norfolk-born Dan Stone started rocking the clubs of East Anglia 13 years ago but only began producing his own music in 2005 securing his first signing ‘Made In Bahrain’ with trance super label, Anjunabeats, in 2006. His uplifting, euphoric sound has attracted support from huge shows such as Above & Beyond’s Trance Around The World and Armin Van Buuren’s A State Of Trance gaining him an ever-growing fanbase across the world.

He has taken his style of big room, floor filling trance to clubs and club nights up and down the UK including Ministry Of Sound, Digital Society, Gatecrasher, Passion and Off The Rails and this year will be taking his sound overseas for the first time to up and coming trance capital, Poland. He has had consistent support and releases on Anjunabeats and had his tracks remixed by popular producers such as Nitrous Oxide and Signum as well as producing remixes of his own for labels such as Armada, Enhanced, Alter Ego and many more, Whether it’s his passion and style behind the decks or his skill and talent in the studio, one thing’s for sure and that is that Dan Stone is one to watch for the future.

File Size – 102MB
Length – 1:00:27
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DJ Orkidea

Orkidea has been voted numerous times as Scandinavia’s and Finland’s No. 1 DJ, been featured in DJ Mag’s Top 200 list and his music has been supported by everybody from Pete Tong to Sasha & Oakenfold who both opened their BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix sets with his ‘Unity’ single back in 1999. His productions have been featured in numerous movies, TV-advertisements and on Ministry of Sound, Gatecrasher, A State of Trance and Renaissance CD compilations while his ‘Beautiful’ single was played for 12 weeks at BBC Radio 1 in 2006.

He has had finnish national single chart No. 1 position and numerous Top 20 singles, made remixes for legendary labels like Anjunabeats and Hooj Choons, remixed Way Out West, Tilt and Tiesto, promoted british superclub Renaissance’s worldwide events while his own Unity nights have sold out in just 20 minutes, To Orkidea electronic music has been always about being open minded and pushing things forward.
Uniting the sounds, the minds, the people..

File Size – 106MB
Length – 1:01:58
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Activa

Activa (Production maestro Rob Stevenson) is a man on fire. Labeled by Paul van Dyk as his producer of the year, Activa productions have appeared on Spinnin, Discover, High Contrast and of course the mighty Vandit Records – which has seen Activa tracks & remixes feature in sets from the biggest names in the industry. 2009 saw the tech-trance titan complete his first and highly acclaimed artist album ‘This World’, and has worked with the likes of Giuseppe Ottaviani, John Askew & Jon O’Bir in recent times. Coupled with new projects on Anjunabeats (under the Solar Movement alias), and with Dave Parkinson under his Revalution 9 guise on Activa’s very own brand new, independantly run label, Borderline Music – a label which is set to take the Trance scene by storm. Alongside tour dates in Europe, Asia, and the US throughout the calender year, Rob’s renowned UK residency with Digital Society is held in the highest regard.

File Size – 101MB
Length – 1:01:32
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Paul Pearson

File Size – 104.9 MB
Length – 01:00:00
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